Back to the grind...

A full week of work -- what's that??? Its the start of a new year...I cannot believe it (and I got a cold...ugh!)! Time is flying so fast and the kids are getting soo much older. I cannot believe that Kylie is going to start Kindergarten this year -- what a heart wrencher I tell you! She's really ready for school...she's spelling really well (3 letter words mostly) and spelling names is a huge thing too -- she does great and is really interested in learning! I think school will be great for Kylie! Kylie is still in dance one time a week and expressed interest in Cheerleading as well...so I think I'll sign her up for that...which starts in March I believe. It's one time a week as well on Mondays. So Mondays and Tuesdays will be busy with Kylie in extra activites! :)

As for Dawson -- he's learning and talking soo much more these days! Instead of just putting his hand up in the air to say "Hi" or "Bye", he's trying to start to use his fingers to say it and he's starting to say more words and definitely understands what we're saying and its so much fun! You ask him to pick something up and bring it to you (i.e. his shoes/socks) and he knows exactly what you're saying! I love it! He's also likes to laugh at himself...lol. He'll be playing with his cars or something...and just start laughing at them. It's too hilarious! He also figured out his 4-wheeler he got for Christmas!! He absolutely loves it and knows to push the button and he'll go -- so he does just that and has soo much fun -- a video to come! :)

I hope everyone has a great new year!!

The first and hopefully the last...

I went to the store last night to get my Dyson vacuum cleaner (YAHOO!) and gave Dave a call on my way home and come to find out, Dawson fell down the steps. We have a split entry home, and from the top of the steps to the entry way is about 12 steps...OUCH! We've had to keep an good eye on him...because he'll run up to the steps (if the gate isn't up) and usually stop...but as I've been saying, one of these times he's going to fall so we need to make sure the gate is up...he's a very daring little boy and will push his limits!

Daddy told Kylie to take the gate down, so she could go to her room and get her jammies on and that Daddy would put the gate back up when he was done changing Dawson...well he just let Dawson down and he headed straight for the steps...Dave barely got Dawson's clothes in his hamper and he heard a thunk...and Dawson was at the end of the steps crying! Good thing he wasn't hurt...he had a little bump in the middle of his forehead, but it didn't seem to bother him. I got home and he acted like nothing ever happened...definetely a boy I tell you! This is coming from a child that will run his head into the wall and laugh...lol...and he'll stand behind the rocker and wait for it to bonk him in the head and then look at you and laugh! I'll get it on video sooner or later!! :)

New Years Eve and New Years Day

We didn't do anything special for New Years Eve this year -- just hung out at home and tried to get some stuff done around the house -- including fixing our washing machine! Finally...it amazing when you relize how much you really use something when you don't have it. So now, this weekend, time to get caught back up with laundry!

New Years Eve, we let Kylie stay up a little later than normal - 10 p.m. and her and I sat on the couch and shared a little bucket of sherbert ice cream, nummy!

Before Dawson went to bed...I was able to get a video clip of him "jumping"!

On New Years Day, we got our Christmas tree down and Kylie and I got to enjoy some time outside playing in the snow, with Kirby of course! Poor puppy is getting old...he was so sore last night from playing outside! He could barely walk up the steps and jump up onto our bed.

Kylie barried my legs

Kirby Birby!!

We barried Mom's legs again and Kylie's giving me bunny ears!

We also took a trip to Walmart to return a couple of things and of course, nonetheless, here's goofy Kylie -- she's trying on these reading glasses and she's like says, "awww...I can't see anything" and is like spinning in circles and then takes them off and is says, "woofta, I can see again!"....and has to pick the ugliest ones off the shelf too...LOL! :)

Christmas with Nana and Papa

On Friday, December 26, we headed down to Nana and Papa's house in Albert Lea. Nana and Papa have a big hill in their backyard and the kids love to sled down it. So Dave and Kylie and Dawson brought their appropriate clothing to go sledding -- this was Dawson's first time sledding -- but he had a blast!!!!!

Christmas Morning and Christmas Day

Miss Kylie did not get out of bed until 8:30 a.m. on Christmas morning...I think she's a little to young for her body to get so excited quite yet and doesn't understand that it's normal to get out of bed at 5 a.m. to see if Santa came...lol! So she came into our room all excited...and seriously ran to the living room and wanted to start ripping apart gifts...but we had to wake Dawson up, he was out like a light. Dawson had no clue what to think and was probably wondering why Kylie was soo excited!

After we got things somewhat cleaned up and of course, played with some toys, we got ready and headed down to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Anoka. It was seriously another Christmas morning all over, PLUS some! The kids got soo many toys...but they are all super fun and lots of fun! Dawson got a few bigger things...his Thomas the Train train track and Elmo couch (in which he's a huge fan of now) and my Aunt Terri bought him a push button 4-wheeler with forward and reverse -- in which he didn't quite figure out right away, but it didn't take long! :)

Grandma and Grandpa got a collage calendar from Dawson and Kylie. Grandpa got the luxery of opening it and as soon as he opened it, he literally suckered it up and thought it was the coolest thing ever...we had to ask if Grandma could even see it...LoL. He said this is so cool and is coming to work with me...so therefore, we need to make Grandma one for her work too! I had to track down the calendar so Grandma could see it -- Grandpa already had it in his lunch box ready to go!!

Christmas Eve at the Heurung's

Alright, so it's taken me a bit longer to post than I thought...but be ready to read -- I will be posting from Christmas Eve through the New Year! :)


We started out our Christmas by having Christmas Eve at the Heurung's. My kids and Brynn exchange gifts and of course, Grandma's buy gifts for the kids too. The kids seriously got soo much stuff -- Kylie got a 400+ kit of tattoos and body art and absolutely LOVES it...this girl is seriously obsessed with tattoos and Dawson got a Cars chair and a remote controlled Tonka car that flips and does cool things and the Gears toy (in which is LOVES) and LOTS of other things too (its to hard to keep it all straight).

Kylie showing off her "body art"

Dawson being silly as always!

Grandpa and Dawson cuddling -- he was getting tired!

Kylie's thoughtful ways of giving gifts...

On Sunday morning, Kylie came into my bedroom, while I was sleeping and said, "Mom, I think there's a present under the tree for you -- you should get up and open it." I said, "but it's not Christmas yet." She says, "It's ok, it's a fake present."....LOL! said, "Ok, let me sleep a little longer." She comes in about 5 minutes later...

"Mom, get up and open your present." I rolled out of bed and went to the tree and she gives me my present (in the meantime Dawson woke up too) -- it's wrapped and taped all the way around...and as I was holding this I was wondering what in the world?? I started opening it up and SURPRISE, it was my cell phone...LOL!!!

She says," see Mom, I told you it was fake." -- "DO YOU LIKE IT?" I said, "of course, I LOVE IT -- THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!"

Then we proceed with Dawson -- she gives Dawson two wrapped presents...one in wrapping paper and one in a piece of copy paper and Kirby wanted to help too -- so he grabbed one and started ripping it and Kylie freaked...but Dawson started on the other...and WAAALAAA it was two "My Little Ponies"! Dawson looked at me like, "what is this Mom?" He didn't know what to think. BUT, Kylie was quite excited about it...LOL!!!

Then it was Daddy's turn....and umm...yeah, Daddy's gift was no where to be found (Dave remembered her wrapping it). Dave says to Kylie, "umm...Kylie where's Daddy's gift...that's a very important one, we should find it." She says, "it's downstairs, you stay right here and I'll go get it." So she goes downstairs, grabs another piece of copy paper and the tape and a pen and I helped her wrap Daddy's gift. She gives it to him...and it's taped all over the place. He starts opening it and notices its HIS cell phone...he started jumping up and down, and saying, "thank you SOOOO much Kylie, this is exactly what I wanted -- How did you know this is what I wanted." and Kylie was just laughing!

So we had a very eventful Sunday morning that was just hilarious and Kylie put lots of thought into this morning :)

**I'm STILL laughing over this!

Guitar Hero "Rockstars"

Last night Dave was playing Guitar Hero on PS3 and Kylie was playing along with her Barbie guitar and totally getting into it -- it was hilarious :)

Kylie got her hair cut in a salon...

YAHOO!!! For the first time ever, Kylie finally got her hair cut in a salon. I've cut her hair 2-3 times since she's been 3 and we've attempted to have it cut in a salon but its never gone over too well in the past. I've heard some good things about this place called, "The Jungle" in Elk River and they have these little playground animals (as chairs) for kids and they have movies to watch while they are getting their hair cut -- it's fabulous!! We didn't get a whole lot cut off as we still like it long, but thank the lord we can now get it cut more often :)

As I mentioned in an earlier post...

Dawson loves to play in the cupboards and underneath the sink when I take the garbage out (and yes, he has his book in there with him...lol) :)